' I wasn't prepared for what happened next although I should have been. Before I could move another inch Paul and Howard charged me at once and tosse... me to the bed. Dean closed the door and dropped his towel and was on me almost at once. Straddling my head his dick hanging down by my face his knees on my shoulders, I could not see what Paul and Howard was doing. One of them was between my legs pulling me to the edge of the bed, Dean still straddling my head and shoulders moved with my body.. She imagined more. She had always known that she did not qualify for him. It was time to settle with what she had been given. It was more than she had before—maybe more than she deserved. No happiness came without sacrifice. This she knew for sure. The part that belonged to Kieren must be sacrificed. She needed to cut it away. But there was no energy left to perform what was needed. Iona sunk into a deep depression. For several days Brenna brought Iona food and drink. Each time, she passed. Mary was swollen to the point that she looked like she would burst with that baby. We got close to Cairo, Illinois, about the time her water broke. There was no midwife on board, but we were close enough to the town that we were able to get a midwife to attend Mary before the child actually started to move too much.Capt. Johnson tied up at Cairo while we waited for the baby to arrive. The whole boat was on pins and needles waiting, but I got through it pretty well because a couple of crew. Those trees were like jaws closing in on me. The closer I got to that house, the more claustrophobic I became.Mom always invited me to the house during the holidays, but I didn’t want to be anywhere near that sick fuck. This summer was different, though. It was our ten-year family reunion and my bastard father was diagnosed with lung cancer. The only reason why I had returned was for my sister. I wasn’t planning to stay the whole weekend, and I sure as hell wasn’t staying in that God forsaken.